Chocolate Biscuits Made Without Sugar

Make tasty chocolate biscuits without using sugar. These recipes are great for children‘s parties or for more formal occasions with adults.

The biscuits are also easy to make and store in an airtight container at home. This makes them ideal for lunchboxes - or perfect for a quick snack over a cup of tea.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Kids love these chocolate chip cookies. For variety you could add a little cocoa in with your mixture to make double choc chip.

Ingredients:

One bar diabetic chocolate

125g (4.5oz) butter

Two tbsp honey

One large egg

One tsp vanilla extract

150g (5.5oz) plain flour

Method:

Preheat your oven to 180 deg C/350 deg F/gas mark four. Take a small pan and in it melt your butter and honey. Beat your egg in a small bowl. Sieve your flour into a large bowl. Stir in your butter and honey, then your eggs, until you have a nice dough.

Take your bar of diabetic chocolate and chip into small pieces. Dust a surface with flour then roll out your cookie dough to about one cm thick. With a cookie cutter, cut shapes. Then press in your pieces of chocolate. Grease a baking tray, place the shapes on and bake for about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from heat and leave to cool.

Sugar Free Chocolate Melts

Ingredients:

125g (4.5oz) butter

125g (4.5oz) cocoa

Three tbsp sugar free strawberry jam

One large egg

150g (5.5oz) plain flour

Method:

Preheat your oven to 180 deg C/350 deg F/gas mark four. Take a small pan and in it melt your butter, cocoa and sugar free strawberry jam. Beat your egg in a small bowl. Sieve your flour into a large bowl. Stir in your melted liquid, then your eggs, until you have a good dough, that is ready to roll out.

Dust a surface with flour then roll out your cookie dough to about one cm thick. With a cookie cutter, cut shapes. Then press in your pieces of chocolate. Grease a baking tray, place the shapes on and bake for about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and leave to cool. Dust with cocoa powder.

Chocolate Fridge Fingers

These fingers are made by melting most of the ingredients and then allowing them to set in the fridge. Use a bar of diabetic chocolate as topping.

Ingredients:

125g (4.5oz) butter

125g (4.5oz) cocoa

Three tbsp honey

150g (5.5oz) mixed nuts and raisins

Method:

Take a small pan and in it melt your butter, cocoa and honey. Stir in your nuts and raisins. Grease a baking tray and press your mixture into it with a spoon. Leave to cool then place in the fridge to set. Take a bar of diabetic chocolate. Break it into pieces and play in a microwave able bowl. Carefully melt the chocolate in the microwave then spread on top of the main mixture. Replace in the fridge to set again. Before completely hard mark out fingers.